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WEB OF SCIENCE DEPTH OF CITATION INDICES Science Citation Index SSCI Century of Science 1900 1956 A&HCI 1975 1945 Century of Social Sciences 1900 CPCI 1990 56 years of added coverage in the Social Sciences >300 journals added that focus on the first half of last century

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CASE STUDY: Charles Warren Thornthwaite C. Warren Thornthwaite was a Geographer and Climatologist best known for devising a Climate Classification System proposed in his landmark paper in 1948 which also discusses the importance of evapotranspiration on climate. Thornthwaite published 28 papers between 1931 and 1965, mostly in the fields of Geography and Geochemistry & Geophysics. His works have gone on to be highly influential to researchers in many fields and in recent years have been particularly utilized by researchers involved in climate change and water management

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The works of C. Warren Thornthwaite Thornthwaite produced 28 highly influential works in the Social Sciences which have been consistently cited throughout their history

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BIOSIS CITATION INDEX SPECIALIZED INDEXING 37 Searching Biosis Citation Index for ‘Fossil* and Africa and humans’ returns this paper The same search in ‘All Databases’ reveals that this record is also present in Web of Science But the same search in Web of Science does not find the article It is the Biosis specialized indexing fields that has found these terms that are not indexed in Web of Science

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BENCHMARK YOUR PAPERS AGAINST GLOBAL AVERAGES – IS THIS A HIGHLY CITED PAPER? 57 Hematology articles from this year have been cited 18,83 times This article is ranked in the 12,92nd percentile in its field by citations Articles published in ‘Blood’ from 2004 have been cited 34,30 times This paper has received 40/34,30=1,17 times the expected citations for this journal This paper has received 40/18,83=2,12 times the expected citations for this subject category

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